Ink bottle



Feb. 7, 1933.

B. B. llAUSEfR INK BOTTLE Filed May 16. 1932 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 7, 1933 BONNER Bi HA'USEB, 01? DENVER, COLORADO INK BOTTLE Application filed May 16, 1932. Serial No. 611,582.

This invention relates to ink bottles, its

primary object being to provide a bottle having means for measuring ink contained there: in. in a segregated quantity to facilitate the filling of pen-points or fountain pens in a convenient and cleanly manner.

Still further objects-are to be found in details of construction and a novel arrangement of parts, as will be fully brought out in the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing, in the several views of which like parts are similarly designated, r

Figure 1 IS a vertical sectional elevation of.

the bottle,

Figure 2, a partially broken elevation of the bottle in the position for filling the measurpreferably made of hard rubber.

ing means from the contents of the bottle,

Figure 3 isan elevation of the measuring element of the bottle, removed therefrom,

Figure {1 is a section on the line 4-4, Figure 1, i

Figure 5 is a partially sectional top view of the bottle,

Figure 6 is a partially sectional elevation, showlng a modification in the construction of the closure,

Figure 7 is a sectional elevation of a bottle of modified form,

Figure 8 is a top view of the bottle shown in Figure 7,

Figure 9 is a sectional elevation of a measuring element of modified form, I I Figure 10 is a cross-section along the line 10-10, Figure 9, and v Figure 11 is a sectional elevation of another modification of the measuringelement.

Referring further to the drawing, the bottle 5, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, has an ex ternally screw-threaded neck G for the application of a correspondingly threaded cap 7, I The edge of the neck is beveled, as at 8, and the cap has interiorly a soft-rubber gasket 9 to engage with the beveled edge. .The gasket may be and 2 has an external made integral with theghard-rubber body part of the cap, or it maybe made separate from the body part and set in an interior recess of the same, as shown at 10, in Figures 6 and 7. An air space around the gasket '9 '50 provides for its expansion.

The cap has in its top surface, a groove 12 of dove-tail section for the application of a piece of felt orv other suitable material 13,

, adapted for wiping surplus ink from the pen after it has been filled with ink from the bottle, and it is desirable that the wiper be removable from the ca so that it can be renewed when saturate with the ink.

Inasmuch as the bottle is inverted in order to fill the measuring-element hereinafter to be described, it is necessary that it be formed toprovide a firm hold for the hand of the user. To this end, the bottle shown in Figures 1 groovel l and that of Figures 7 and 8 has flattened sides 15.

The neckof the bottle has, interiorly, a groove16 for theapplication of the measuring element now to be described. 7 v 1 The measuring element is to some extent, similar to that shown in my United States- Patent No. 1,852,520, issued April 5, 1932.

It consists of a container 17 of cylindrical fdrm having a pointed bottom portion, and

integrally connecting-at its upper end with i 16 of the neck of the bottle and thus suspends the element within the same.

In order to fill the container with a measured quantity of ink from the contents of the bottle, the latter is inverted, as illustrated in Figure 2, thereby permitting the ink to enter the chamber 18 through the ports 19 whence it flows into the container 17 after the bottle has been replaced in-an upright trance chamber, said extension projecting to or slightly above the lower ends of the ports 19 so that the pen holder engaging the rest will always be above ink in the container and the chamber.- The extension has circumfer ential openings 23 for draining the contents of the chamber into the container.

' The form of the measuring element, shown in Figure 11, differs from the other in that the extension which provides the rest for the pen holder is provided by a separate tubular piece 24 inserted into the container.

In the modificationillustrated in Figures 9 and 10, the rest is provided by upwardly projecting, spaced lugs 25 extending from the sloping bottom 26 of the chamber to or slight 1y above the lower ends of the ports 19. The

measuring element is applied to the bottle by springing its elasticrim into the groove of .the neck' of the same. In this position, it

closes the neck of the bottle and when the latter is inverted the ink will flow into the element through the ports ofits entrance chamber.

' The fluid-tightclo'sure between the cap and the end of the neck prevents the escape of any ink passing into the space above the measuring element.

After the container has been filled and the bottle-is again in an upright position, a foun tain pen is filled by removing the cap and then inserting thenib of the pen into the container. The latter. is proportioned to contain the V amount necessary for filling an ordinary fountain the'position of the rest, thepen may be filled without soiling or wetting the end of its holder.

Any'surplus ink may be removed from the pen or pen holder on the wiper 13, and when the latter becomes saturated, it is readily removed and replaced by another.

' 'It will be understood that any surplusink within the neck portion of the bottle, after the latter has been restored to its upright position, willflow from the chamber 18 through the ports 19 into the bottle, so that the measuring element will only contain the ink that passed into the container 17.

It will also be understood that while the device as shown and described, is particularly pen, a,nd owing to the presence and adapted for use as an ink bottle, it may be employed to dispense difierent liquids, such as those used for medicinal purposes.

The form of the measuring element shown in Figure 11 has the advantage of a limited adjustment of the rest to vary the position of its end'relative to the ports 19.

- Other minor changes in the construction ofthe bottle and its measuring element may be made within the spirit and scope of the invention.

at I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

'1. An ink bottle comprising a vessel, and

a measuring element suspended therein and composed of an entrance chamber having ports for the admission of ink, a container of reduced diameter at. the bottom of the chamber, and a rest for a pen holder projecting upwardly from said bottom to adacent said ports, and including passages for the flow of ink from said bottom to the container.

2. An ink bottle comprising a vessel, and a measuring element suspended therein and composed of an entrance chamber having .7 ports for the admission of ink above an inwardly sloping bottom, a container of reduced diameter at the bottom of the chamber, and a rest for a pen holder projecting upwardly from said bottom to adjacent said ports, and including passages for-the flow of ink from said bottom to the container.

3. An ink bottle' comprising a'vessel, and a measuring element suspended therein and composed of an entrance chamber having ports for the admission of ink, a container of reduced diameter at the bottom of the chamber, and a rest for a penholder projecting upwardly from said bottom to adjacent said ports, and having ports for the flow'of ink from the chamber to the container.

"4;. An ink bottle comprising a vessel, and

a. measuring element suspended therein and composed of an entrance chamber having ports'for the admission-of ink, a contamer of reduced diameter at "the bottom of the chamber, and a rest for a pen holder composed of a tubular extension of the container, projecting upwardly from said bottom to'adjacent said ports, and havin ports for the flow of ink from the cham er to the container.

5. An ink bottle comprising a vessel, and a measuring element suspended therein and composed of'an entrance chamber having ports for the admission of ink, a container of'reduced diameter at the bottom of the chamber, and a rest for a pen holder, com-- posed of a tube inserted in the.container and projecting upwardly therefrom-to adjacent said ports, the tube havin ports for the flow of ink from the charm r to the container.

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6. An ink bottle comprising a, Vessel, and a measuring element suspended therein and composed of an entrance chamber having ports for the admission of ink, a container of reduced diameter at the bottom of the chamber, and a rest for a pen holder composed of a tube vertically adjustablyinserted in the container and projecting upwardly therefrom to adjacent said ports, the tube having ports for the flow of ink from the chamber to the container.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ai'fix my signature.

. BONNER B. HAUSER. 

